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Every year I give the kids an ornament that is related to something special about the year.  Like maybe a football player for the year they started playing football, or their favorite character from that year.  This year I was having a hard time finding ornaments that were meaningful for each of them until I…

The snow has arrived.  My summer oasis is now covered in snow.  The wind is howling outside and this morning we were without power for 4 1/2 hours.  Since then it has only flickered a few times.  I hoping the power stays on.  I have several friends in communities near us that have been without…

Everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one think of changing himself. Leo Tolstoy If we could all just be a little kinder, a little more giving, share what we have, and be thankful…..wouldn’t the world be a better place?  Change starts with me….and you.

I don’t know about you, but when I entertain, this is NOT how my table looks.  I don’t have this kind of talent and doubt I ever will.  As I was thinking about Mary and Martha (see previous post), I ran across this quote, which reminded me…to just be myself.  When you are entertaining, try…

Mary, Martha and Jesus Everyone is busy.  Everyone seems to be in a hurry.  Christmas seems to be one of the busiest times for people, yet it is also the time when we want to slow down and cherish the moments that happen and build memories to last a lifetime.  It is a time that…

This month I was in charge of the lesson for our church circle.  In preparing, I was looking up verses from Luke that are important to me.  Of course, the Book of Luke is full of verses related to Jesus’ birth.  But there is so much more to Luke…. In Chapter 12 Jesus warns us…

You’ve got to get up every morning with determination if you’re going to go to bed with satisfaction.   George Lorimer Lorimer was a journalist and editor of The Saturday Evening Post and died in 1937 from throat cancer. If you are like me, you have a To-Do list a mile long.  You might have…

BESIDE TWO RIVERS Daughters of the Potomac #2 By:  Rita Gerlach Published:  October 2012 *** A tale of love won and love lost, and the faith to find it again. From the banks of the Potomac to the misty moors of England, Darcy follows a path where the secrets of the past slowly rise to…

Rather than putting my flower pots away for the winter, I decided to use them.   I added some greenery (from IKEA) and some scented pine cones (from Michaels) and red and gold berries (from Michaels) and gathered them all up in the pot.   I set two of them by our front door and…

THE RENT COLLECTOR By: Cameron Wright Published:  August 27, 2012 **** Survival for Ki Lim and Sang Ly is a daily battle at Stung Meanchey, the largest municipal waste dump in all of Cambodia. They make their living scavenging recyclables from the trash. Life would be hard enough without the worry for their chronically ill…